samkjafta
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From sam- (“together”) + kjaftur (“mouth”).
Verb edit
samkjafta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative samkjaftaði, supine samkjaftað)
- (intransitive, always used with a negation) to shut up, to not talk nineteen to the dozen
- Strákurinn samkjaftaði ekki alla ferðina.
- The boy talked nineteen to the dozen the whole trip.
- Hún samkjaftar aldrei.
- She never shuts up.
- (intransitive) to close one's mouth
- Fiskurinn getur ekki samkjaftað.
- The fish can't close his mouth.